Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)

The Center for Experimental Drugs and Diagnostics in the Center for Human Genomics Research at Massachusetts General Hospital is seeking a Clinical Research Programmer for research using electronic health records for studying clinical outcomes and genetic risk in psychiatric and neuro-developmental disorders. The position offers significant involvement in an exciting area of research and a collaborative research environment, and is optimal for programmers looking to increase their experience in health care informatics prior to pursuing a career in medicine, medical research, or medical informatics.

The scope of this position will include working with large, heterogeneous health care data sets in a research environment and working with a multidisciplinary team developing scalable computational frameworks and methodologies for biomedical informatics. Responsibilities include creating, analyzing and documenting complex data warehouses; collaborating with clinical investigators and software developers to devise tools and strategies for working with the data; analyzing the data and preparing it to be analyzed statistically; writing database code (stored procedures and queries); working securely with sensitive health care data; administering data bases; and working with medical and genetic ontologies and natural language processing results.

The position requires a two year commitment. The start date will be negotiated upon hire, but will be sometime in the Summer or early Fall of 2015.

Salary varies depending on experience. Generous benefits package.

Competitive candidates should have: • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science, bioinformatics or equivalent experience. • Healthcare experience beneficial but not required. • Ability to handle a variety of tasks amid shifting priorities. • Strong analytical skills with a high degree of initiative. • Creative and highly motivated individual with strong organizational and management skills. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to multi-task in a dynamic multi-disciplinary research environment. • Computer skills and familiarity with statistical methods • Interest in clinical/biomedical research and/or human genetics

Interested applicants should email a resume and cover letter to Ashlee Roberson at aroberson2@partners.org. Candidates should be prepared to provide a transcript and two letters of recommendation if they are invited to interview for the position.

We're looking for badassery in the following areas:

1) software engineers - mostly Python

2) mechanical engineers

3) wet lab technicians with experience in chemistry or biochemistry labs

4) anyone else who kicks ass in significant technically deep ways in an engineering or scientific discipline.

In general, we have—and are continuing to—build a team of extreme technical and scientific ass-kickers, in a joyful, bullshit-free, you-own-it kind of environment. We are backed by Founders Fund, and located in Redwood City, CA

email us at join@synthego.com for more information.